. >> my job is to represent the people of utah to washington, not washington to utah. >> reporter: utah republican jason chaffetz won 76% of the vote in his house district last year. the poll found that republicans get more blame for the gridlock, and are considered more extreme than their democratic counter- parts. are you worried about that? >> ah, you can't worry about that day in and day out. that's not necessarily new news. >> reporter: congress has grown more partisan partly because congressional districts are getting more partisan, packed with either democratic or republican voters. take a look at illinois' 18 districts before and after 2011 to party in power-- in this case, democrats -- redrew the district boundaries in their favor. those lopsided districts leave lawmakers more beholden to their own party's voters with less incentive to reach across the aisle. pete gallego, a new democratic member from texas still getting used to that unusual dynamic. >> if you walk in every day and you tell your spouse, "i don't care who your opinion is we're going to do it my way every day, be